Super Robot Taisen Alpha for Dreamcast (Hopefully) can be translated.

[Gyasuke]

If even I, that am a dumbass can go to this point, there are possibilities that someone with actual experience maybe can do something.

After the release of Tricolore Crise, the creator of the patch also release the tools, the very first thing that appears in my mind was SRW alpha, so there we go.

After that I downloaded Python (32 bits, my PC is veeery old and is falling apart, it doesn't even emulate PSP very well) and do the process.

What can I say? I reach the point of having the scrip before my eyes, but not having any experience of Japanese at all or even use of AI, I can't do nothing.

I hope that at least this can be seen as a proof that a translation is possible.

Tools: https://github.com/closedsockets/dreamcast-translation-kit

 

[ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO]

I see you use Windows 7 in the year of our lord 2026....

 

[Gyasuke]

I see you use Windows 7 in the year of our lord 2026....

Yeah, it's very old, I don't even use it, only to move things from USB to USB.

 

[otogirisou]

You can make public spreadsheet so a lot of people can help translating them

 

[rhinestonehawk]

that's actually amazing?! i think i'll try translating an english game to portuguese!!

 

[Super2]

Thanks so much Gyasuke, this is brilliant.

I think a good next step for anyone who is interested in helping with the patch is:

1) Make sure that the game copy/dump of SRW Alpha you are using, is the exact same one that everyone can access

(This is to make sure that the patch will work for everyone, as different dumps can read differently)

Someone with more knowhow of how translations are handled here might know which copy/dump to use.

2) After using the Dreamcast tool on the game, put the resulting translation files in a Github page.

3) Before translating all of the script with AI (because its quite big) it would be ideal if someone who knows about coding (or who is willing to ask AI for help with coding) can see if they can increase the text space available for the English translation.

Until the text space is increased, its best not to translate all of the script, because we are limited in how long the lines in English can be.